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00:00:00 - Childhood, rural life and agriculture in Suḥmātā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Qāḍī, Khālid (Teacher); Sim‘ān, Jirjis Qayṣar (Mayor); Mūsá, Sa‘īd ‘Abd (Mayor).

Families: Mūsá; Qaddūrah.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Bi’r al-Qawāṭī‘ (Water resource); Wādī al-Ḥabīsah (Valley); Maghārat Dilmā (Cave); Maghārat Barzah (Cave); Nawwāsah (Water resource).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: al-Madrasah al-Zirā‘īyah (School).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Antiquities; Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Children's games; Communal celebrations; Disputes; Dīwān; Education; Farm animals; Gardens; Hospitality; Income; Intervillage relations; Measurement units; Olive Oil; Olive trees; Penalties; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Public schools; Qurʼān recitation; Rural life; Shaykhs; Socio-economic conditions; Tobacco industry; Water resources; Women in agriculture; World War, 1939-1945

00:17:38 - Rural conditions and social life in Suḥmātā

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Partial Transcript: Families: Qaddūrah.

Significant Figures: al-‘Abd, ‘Alī (Mayor); Sa‘dah, Aḥmad (Municipal council); Faḍḍah, Aḥmad (Village leader); Qaddūrah, Jamīl (Village leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian measures; Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Burial; Clothing and dresses; Coexistence; Coffee; Customs and traditions; Dairy products; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dīwān; Farm animals; Fasting; Food; Helpfulness; Horses; Hospitality; Hunting practices; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Mayors; Municipalities; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Priests; Refugee experience; Rural life; Social norms; Village leaders; Women in agriculture; Women socio-economic role; ʻĪd celebrations

00:31:53 - Suḥmātā during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qaddūrah, Aḥmad Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); Qaddūrah, Maḥmūd Ṣāliḥ (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British colonialism; British high commissioner; Chaos; Collaborationists; Deception; Dīwān; Governors; Gunshots; Machination; Mayors; Murder; Revolutionaries; Village siege

00:37:54 - Zionist invasion and Palestinian resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Yamanī, Abū Māhir (Resistance leader); Murrah, Ṭālib (Resistance leader); Qaddūrah, Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Resistance fighter); Qaddūrah, Abū Walīd (Policeman).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Armed patrols; Banks; Bombardment; British Army; British-Jewish relations; Clothing and dresses; Collaboration; Collaborationists; Crimes against humanity; Damaged weapons; Deception; Disputes; Guards; Gunshots; Injuries; Jamʻiyyat al-ʻUmāl al-ʻArabīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Military training; Rifles; Suḥmātā (Palestine); Theft; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Ṭāhā, Sāmī, 1916-1947; Village leaders; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Zinnār al-Aḥmar

00:52:19 - Expulsion from Palestine and refugee experience

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qaddūrah, ‘Alī al-‘Abd (Municipal council).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Attempt at return; Customs; Demolition; Displacement; Expulsion; Lebanese Army; Massacres; Mortars; Murder; Refugee aid; Routes; Seeking refuge; Smuggling; Suffering; Suḥmātā (Palestine); Tanks; Terrorism; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964